From this morning’s walk…

Wide angle view of old pickup truck with frost on hood and windshield and dawn sky in distance.

Colorful shopping bag with vegetables and leaves print and city skyline print on frost covered grass.

Wide angle shot looking up the arched recess of a historic stone building.

Closeup of pumpkin decoration sitting on straw with the bottoms of cornstalks behind it.

Brown wax paper folded in an interesting way on concrete sidewalk.

Cheetos Puffs bag lying on concrete sidewalk.

Three bricks stacked against a brick wall with two repaired cracks extending out at 45 degree angles from the bricks as if to mark the place the bricks should be.

Discovering Bonnie Tyler’s Faster Than The Speed of Night Album. Man did she channel a lot of the vibes of her time! Good stuff!

From this morning’s walk…

Streetlight in parking lot with silhouetted buildings in background and street lights illuminating ground floor of buildings and street, in background.

Large outdoor light fixture in shape of modern lamp and glowing in early morning.

Corner of convenience store building visible beyond evergreen shrub.

Key Food Marketplace sign hanging from utility pole with tree branches in background.

Laundry and dry cleaners storefront with security gate screen lowered and neon signage visible thorough the screen and single street tree in front.

Closeup of security fence rail and fence wire with out of focus landscape in background.

Stuffed antelope animal in shop window.

From yesterday…

Utility pole in shape of cross with streetlight and wires, sliver moon visible between wires, mountain silhouettes in background at bottom of frame.

Closeup of white zip tie on metal utility pole.

Vintage Marilyn movie poster in shop window, reflection of movie theater across the street overlaid.

Concrete floor with coiled power cord.

From last week…

Early morning streetlight with red car parked underneath it and house in background.

Tropical house plants in window of shop, shadows of leaves cast onto the wall to the right edge of the frame.

Empty chinese condiment package on concrete pavement.

Halal Kabab poster in restaurant window showing 5 kababs and price of $2.99 each.

Closeup of succulent plant in shop window.

Scarlett O’Hara poster in shop window.

From last week…

Plastic duck light fixture in a shop.

Old fashion street clock closeup. Numbers on dial are roman numerals, time is approximately 6:16.

Woman’s fleece coat, knit top and blue jeans on mannequin in shop window.

Three drink refrigerators with glass doors, lit from within and filled with canned beverages.

Closeup of decorative star light fixture in shop window.

From last week…

Empire state building above the trees in Bryant Park, NYC.

Amsterdam theater marquee.

Electronic billboard with 4 women models wearing mini dresses, and ALDO in 3D letters at bottom.

Billboard up on post advertising legal services for car accidents.

Carry on type suitcase with handle and wheels in foreground, parking lot and control tower building in background.

From Wed morning, the trip from airport into NYC…

Transmission towers and wires at sunrise.

Industrial landscape with New York City in distance. Early morning light.

Transmission towers and wires with industrial landscape in background.

Industrial landscape with transmission towers in early morning light.

Cars and airplanes at dawn.

Industrial landscape with jet rising into the sky in distance.

Venus and crescent moon in early morning sky.

Airport scenes…

Wide angle shot of terminal building and overhead canopy structure.

Commercial ceiling abstract with linear fluorescent light fixtures and vent and small circular speaker.

Arched ceiling with structural bracing.

From this morning’s walk…

Yellow strip lights reflected by a polished granite table surface.

Decorative Christmas lights on a bush.

Fluorescent strip light shining down on a concrete wall.

Sidewalk closed sandwich sign with directional arrow pointing to the left.

Dark cloudy sky and trees above a building ridge line.

Looking down on a parking lot and building awning with “Red Hot Nails & Spa” on it illuminated by lights inside awning.

Two strings of beads dangling from top to bottom with house in background.

From yesterday…

Orange flowers in a vase.

Metallic green pumpkin on a glass table with oriental carpet pattern below.

Descending concrete stairs through a doorway in a white wall.

Upside down sign with large graphic hand and words “Eat Local” painted on it, leaning on a white wall.

Corner of a parking garage with column painted yellow and fluorescent striplight fixture illuminating the scene.

Tree trunk in silhouette with shrubs illuminated by streetlights beyond.

Evergreen tree canopy and trunk against a cloudy sky.

Shrubs and lamp post, shrubs illuminated by light on lamppost.

Tree trunk with illuminated shrubs beyond.

From a couple of days ago…

Tree trunk and branches lit by streetlights.

Fire department building connection and shadow cast by security lighting.

Closeup of edge of Christmas tree decorated with perforated plastic balls of various colors.

Announcements board on side of building with light on wall above illuminating it.

Timber frame building roof support column and diagonal braces.

House under construction in landscape.

Circular hole in dark enclosure, tree branches visible through hole.

Graphic hand taped to a window, index finger pointing to the convergence of inside and outside the window.

Town and Country sign structure against a cloudy sky.

From a couple of days ago…

Arched canopy covering walkway, parking lot landscape beyond, nightscape.

Elangated circular light fixture attached to ceiling and casting a radiating pattern of rays onto the ceiling.

String of lights attached to the eve of a building viewed through a glass awning at night.

Interior of a home furnishings store, pastel tones dominate, scene lit by a multitude of rable lamps.

Security light attached to concrete block wall, illuminating it and picking out the joints between the blocks.

Dining table and chairs under an arbor at night illuminated by various light sources.

Night scene of Town and Country grocery store building and signage. Signage and building lights reflected by wet pavement.

From this morning’s walk…

Parking bays underneath building lit by security lights.

Shingled building wall with windows at left and right edges of frame and shrubs at bottom, lit by security lights.

Tree branches and leaves illuminated by streetlight above.

Stair railing and bottom tread of stair, leaves on the ground, scene illuminated by landscape light next to railing post.

Footbridge illuminated in upper left corner of frame in otherwise deeply shadowed landscape.

Rusted steel framing components on ground behind chain link fence, scene illuminated by security lights.

Portable generator in clearing between trees, illuminated windows of multi story building in distance, scene illuminated by security lights.

Silhouetted tree trunk, equipment cabinet just beyond, scene illuminated by security lights.

Tree trunk and branches illuminated by streetlights with landscape in deep shadow behind.

We need to focus on the AI harms that already exist | MIT Technology Review

An interesting article on the management of AI risk shared originally by Ben Werdmüller. One perspective I think we are lacking on AI is that it might be part of a broad evolution of intelligence that needs humanity as part of it. The hollonic concept of a hierarchy of increasing complexity, upper levels dependent on lower levels.

When I think of x-risk, I think of the people being harmed now and those who are at risk of harm from AI systems. I think about the risk and reality of being “excoded.”

Love and Looking: On What We (Don’t) See Together ‹ Literary Hub

Food for thought…

TV looks like a godsend “for a human subspecies that loves to watch people but hates to be watched itself.” Yet the risk for these professional oglers is that they could lose sight of reality thanks to the ease and comfort of its televisual substitution–a risk, he added, that was by no means theirs alone.

November 1, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson

Prettiest angry with Christians in the United States these days. Evangelicals seem the main problem, but I believe other branches are complicit.

Johnson rejects the separation of church and state in our government, saying that the framers' idea “clearly did not mean…to keep religion from influencing issues of civil government. To the contrary, it was meant to keep the federal government from impeding the religious practice of citizens. The Founders wanted to protect the church from an encroaching state, not the other way around.”

From this morning’s walk…

Nightscape, table and chairs in upper left corner casting long shadows down to the lower right corner, unseen security light casting shadows

Timber frame skylight and support structure in outdoor atrium, lit by security lights

“Town & Country” supermarket neon signage at night reflected in wet parking lot pavement below.

End of low height wall with chain dangling from top to pavement below, concrete stairs in shadow beyond, scene illuminated by unseen security light to the right

Streetscape with driveway approach running from upper left to lower right, arrow pointing to lower right of frame painted on asphalt surface

Chlorophyll prints - nature expresses itself - AlternativePhotography.com

Just learned that this process is a thing. Really interesting! Also a link to review of a photo book using process:

The Enigma of Belonging | Conscientious Photography Magazine

From this morning’s walk…

Stairway to basement level of commercial building at night, lit by lights at bottom of stairs.

Interior of coffee shop at night illuminated by lights at the back of shop.

Three story commercial building with Red Hot Nails Salon on the ground floor at night.

Concrete retaining walls and driveway streetscape.

Piece of thick broken glass on interior window sill at night illuminated by security lights outside.

Post with board directional signs pointing the way to various commercial establishments.

View down alley between commercial buildings with multi story commercial building emerging from the shadows in the distance.

Exterior stairway to second floor of a commercial building at night lit by a security light.

Street corner with corner of commercial building on left and back ot stop sign on post on the right. Church emerging out of shadows down and across the street in the middle.

From this morning’s walk…

Streetscape through trees at night.

Shadow of shrub on side of building cast by landscape lighting.

Circular shade light fixture on side of building at night.

Car, streetlight and rear of building at night.

Alley between commercial buildings lit by security lights on building on left.

Large conical shaped tree in parking lot lit by streetlights.

Backside of commercial building at night with ladder leaning against wall and trash bin silhouetted in foreground.

Stairs and stair railing with vertical lattice lit at night by building security light.

Rear facade of commercial building lit by security lights.

From this morning’s walk…

Canopied walk at night.

Sidewalk and shrubs with edge of building beyond. Building lit by unseen security light.

Back of wooden post and sign rising above shrubs. Lit by streetlights.

Alley behind commercial buildings lit by security lights.

Chair tables and door lit by security light and viewed through shrubs from a higher elevation.

Blue commercial cottage lit by security lights.

Fire hydrant in the midst of weeds, lit by streetlights.

October 29, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson

After Johnson’s election as speaker, extremist Republican Matt Gaetz of Florida spelled out what it meant for the party…and for the country: “MAGA is ascendant,” Gaetz told former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, “and if you don’t think that moving from Kevin McCarthy to MAGA Mike Johnson shows the ascendance of this movement, and where the power of the Republican Party truly lies, then you’re not paying attention.”

Few things piss me off more than fundamentalist Christians telling the rest of us how to live. An important read.

From this morning’s walk…

Rear end of an ambulance lit by streetlights.

Sailboats in the harbor at night.

Interior of messy restaurant kitchen with stand mixer in the left foreground.

Concrete island with brick pavers in front lit by streetlights.

Giant knife and fork sculpture with giant strawberry impaled on top of fork.

Selfie of leg and foot lit by sidewalk lights.

Rock sculptures in a weedy field with trees in background.

Looking up a tree trunk of a large pine tree.

House at top of hill with weedy bank below.

From yesterday…

Tree trunk and branches lit by streetlights.

Two tree trunks and branches lit by streetlights.

Leaning tree trunk with leafed out branches hovering above, lit by streetlights.

Tree trunk and roots in foreground, small building with security light lighting the scene on a rise above.

Heavy timber lumber stacked behind chain link fence.

Fencing at a wall above a parking lot with vines lit by a light on the backside of the fence post.

Branch and leaf shadows on a CMU wall.